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Malteurope Malting Company

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Amputations — MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Malteurope Malting Company in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Employer Malteurope Malting Company Report ID 2020109957
Address 3830 W. Grant St. City, State ZIP MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 53215
Event Date October 19, 2020 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 423990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.00000, -87.96000

Incident Narrative

An employee was replacing the drive belt on a 40-inch exhaust fan. A finger was caught between the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Incident Summary

On October 19, 2020, a worker at Malteurope Malting Company in MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 5,298 severe injury reports involving "Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning" incidents in our database. Browse all Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning injuries.

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